making every day a happyday! » fun with food http://www.erincondren.com/blog welcome to the erincondren.com blog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:25:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My buddy the baker! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2010/05/14/my-buddy-the-baker/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2010/05/14/my-buddy-the-baker/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 23:12:34 +0000 media http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=833 My good friend Regina Hoffman just won a baking competition at Susie Cakes!
She sent this fun announcement this morning with the news:

Hello Friends and Family. Some of you know how much I LOVE to bake. Well, all that fun has paid off…. I won the Mother’s Day Cake Competition from SusieCakes Bakery in Los Angeles (http://www.susiecakesla.com).


My “Italian Cream Cake” will be sold by the slice at all 5 locations starting this (today!) Friday afternoon for an entire month. The closest SusieCakes to us is in Manhattan Beach (by Tin Roof Bistro and the Galleria Mall).

I hope you can stop by and try it out!!

Maybe “Reggie’s” Bakery will come to Hermosa sooner then I thought:)

]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2010/05/14/my-buddy-the-baker/feed/ 1 Spring cooking! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2010/05/04/spring-cooking/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2010/05/04/spring-cooking/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:19:11 +0000 media http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=767 I love the spring time! It’s especially great cause of all the fun colors and activities everywhere. I can’t wait to make these ADORABLE and yummy macaroons! I love the colors and the taste! You can’t go wrong!

Here’s a great recipe I found!

]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2010/05/04/spring-cooking/feed/ 0 no trick, bring on the treats! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/10/22/no-trick-bring-on-the-treats/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/10/22/no-trick-bring-on-the-treats/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:34:51 +0000 erin http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=441 I love to brag about my nieces…they are absolutely hilarious, brilliant, imaginative, precious & darling – TIMES TWO. I can say all these things since they aren’t “really” mine. (Yes, twins are everywhere in our family!) Since we live a bit more than an hour away, I like to send happy packages or style them with fun treats to let them know that “auntie” is thinking of them always.  (they call me “color wonder auntie” since I am always changing my hair color. ha!)  They are excited to deliver treats to their school friends this year with spooky stickers that are (of course) personalized.  I’ll be using the “boo” labels on the bubbly I’ll be bringing to the block party this year!

have a happy, spooky, treat-filled night on the 31st! ~erin treats copumpkin1

]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/10/22/no-trick-bring-on-the-treats/feed/ 1 Yum-O! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/06/17/yum-o/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/06/17/yum-o/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:03:40 +0000 jennifer http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=343 How incredibly adorable are these cupcakes?! Such a fantastic idea, too- I kind of want to leave the office right now and try making these myself! If you head on over to Bakerella (thanks to Brandy for the link!) there is a complete tutorial on how to create these gems for you and your family! Hint Hint: Dad would love them this Sunday!

~enjoy
Jennifer :)

fast food fun mixes lettuce mustard ketchup cupcake brownie burgers sugar cookie fries yum-o! ]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/06/17/yum-o/feed/ 0 cute as a cupcake! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/05/05/cute-as-a-cupcake/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/05/05/cute-as-a-cupcake/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 17:11:31 +0000 erin http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=310 we just love seeing the creativity flow when our customers throw parties of their own! check out the lastest from special customer, Drew, when she celebrated with her birthday with her pals & pizza in the park.  (say that 10 times fast)  We created the invitation with all the fun details she had planned, then her mom had the cupcakes decorated to match! too cute!

"buttons" invitation designed especially for Drew!

"buttons" invitation designed especially for Drew!

"buttons" invitation designed especially for Drew! alex-bday-girls alex-cupcakes alex-wish

we would love to see any photos you might have that will enlighten and inspire our bloggers.  just email us your pics to info@erincondren.com and let us know you’d like to share your photos or ideas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DREW!

]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/05/05/cute-as-a-cupcake/feed/ 2 no more tears! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/31/no-more-tears/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/31/no-more-tears/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:17:03 +0000 erin http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=164 My daughter loves to help me make dinner, and recently wanted to help chop the onions for the burgers.  She is nearly 8 years old, and as much as I can’t stand to watch, she does use a big, sharp chopping knife.  (i just can’t imagine how I will feel when she can drive a car!)  I told her I would cut the onion, but she is an insistent little thing, and so I let her chop away.  I guess some lessons need to be learned the hard way!  Her eyes were stinging and the tears were flowing and she said, “we should wear goggles when chopping onions!”  With a quick google search, voila! we found found onion goggles and now have no more tears in the kitchen. 

 

no more tears while chopping onions

no more tears while chopping onions

]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/31/no-more-tears/feed/ 0 lunch notes http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/27/lunch-notes/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/27/lunch-notes/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:06:16 +0000 erin http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=156 i still remember the warm fuzzy feeling i would get when I opened my lunch box to find a sweet message from my mom, handwritten on a napkin.  Now that I am a mom, I send along the same sweet nothings, but my favorite part is the note that comes back!  This very green lunch box was designed by a good friend of mine, and mother of two. Although the first round of production needed some fine tuning, it is a great idea – good for our environment – and I just love the the dry erase memo section for lunch notes. I just crack up at the comments from my kids…”mom, no more nutz pleez”, or “can i pleez by lunch?”  Since the message is gone with each new lunch that I pack, I decided to photograph some of my favorite messages to memorialize forever.

lunchbox closeup-lunch-note ]]> http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/27/lunch-notes/feed/ 2 ice, ice, baby! http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/10/ice-ice-baby/ http://www.erincondren.com/blog/2009/03/10/ice-ice-baby/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:52:50 +0000 erin http://www.erincondren.com/blog/?p=75 The kids just love helping out in the kitchen, especially when they get to stir up their favorite drinks! Check out the star ice cube trays we got at IKEA.  Look out Kool Aid man, you’ll soon be seeing stars!

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